Starfire's Trust

Chapter 6

I woke up to feel a huge bandage around my neck and stitches where there were deep cuts. I heard Jerry saying,” I can’t afford to pay for surgery! I just don’t have the money!” The vet replied,” If you don’t have this surgery this horse will die.” Jerry said “Do the surgery.” The vet said, “We’ll be doing it in two days.” Jerry nodded close to tears. The vet left the room. Jerry came over to me and hugged me and cried. He cried in my main. Then as he cried he groomed me. I whinnied. He sobbed,” I’m going to save you with this surgery. I will have to sell you afterward to pay for it. That’s my only choice the other would be that you die.” He hugged me. I was upset. I didn’t want to leave Jerry! I sighed and laid my head down disappointed. The vet said quietly, “we will be doing the surgery tomorrow. I can’t promise you that this horse will survive. It is injured pretty badly. So you can’t visit him at all tomorrow. But the day after you can come witch will be the day you’ll find out if he survives or not.” Jerry nodded and hugged me. I whinnied trying to comfort Jerry as he cried into my tangled mane. I lifted my head and nudged him. He whimpered sadly as though he were the one in a lot of pain. Then within hours at 8:00 tonight Jerry had stayed with me all day offering me water and food. All I accepted was water. Jerry ate nothing that day. At 8:30 the vet came in wary from all the day’s hard work with other animals. She said,” It’s time to leave.” She walked out. Jerry said into my ear,” If you survive or not I’ll always love you……But…..If you died…” Jerry started to sob,” It would be my fault! I shouldn’t have brought you to the store. But I did.” Somberly I rubbed Jerry’s cheek. Jerry said,” I hope to see you in two days.” He hugged me and as he left he looked back at me. Weekly I whinnied to him. It’s not your fault, I tried telling him. He turned around and looked at me one last time and left. The vet entered. I whinnied to her. She stroked my head saying,” Poor thing.” The next morning I was afraid. The surgery will happen. What is a surgery? I saw a group of vets come in that morning. They had both sharp and not sharp items. The vet I recognized came over with some water. She poured some powdery stuff in the water. But I didn’t care. I was very thirsty. I drank it all. I started to get very drowsy. I watched the vets unpack their stuff and look at me every once in a while. I closed my eyes and drifted off to a very deep sleep. My mother said,” It’s ok, I’m here.” I wailed I wish I were with you again. Dutches said” You will always be with me son. I was my little foal self again. I looked up at Dutches. Marve came in. I laid my ears flat. Dutches scolded me. Marve petted me. I whinnied happily. We were all together. Then it got blurry. I focused my eyes and I saw Sonya! She looked at me angrily and laid her ears flat on her head. I whinnied. I was on the ground sick. Ashleigh came in and comforted me. Then Sonya smiled at me. The first time we began friends. Running in the field was me, Sonya and Lightning. I reared. I was in a flaming barn. Ashleigh sobbing trying to save me. Sonya laying on the ground, shot by a bullet. The ridiculous fight, having to sell us all. Harsh treatment at our new home. Crashing in a race, having trouble stand, the fight in the parking lot and running through the woods. No friends, no family. Images kept flashing in my eyes. I opened my eyes. I felt very stiff. I could barely see a huge cut on my neck stitched together. I groaned painfully. The vet came over and petted me. She frowned. I saw that it was the next morning. I have been sleeping a whole day and night! I groaned again painfully. Then I saw Jerry come in. He rushed over to my bed. He stroked me. I groaned again. The pain was harsh. The vet said,” This is what I was worried about. This horse is in a lot of pain. I’m afraid there is no other way of fixing him. We will have to put him down.” Jerry sobbed,” No!” The vet said quickly,” If we didn’t put him down he will be in a lot of pain for the rest of his life! Is that how you want him to live as?” I groaned again, shutting my eyes tight, trying to sooth the pain. Jerry nodded. The vet motioned a guy with a shot to come over. She whispered,” We are putting the horse down.” He nodded and came over to me. I looked at him through my wet eyes. He lowered the shot to my neck. Jerry started to cry. I could feel the tip of the shot. Jerry said quickly,” Wait!” I felt the tip of the needle remove. Jerry said through tears,” Let him live one more day, lets see if it gets better!” The vet nodded and put the shot back in the bag. I whinnied painfully. I knew that my life was about to leave. If the shot entered then I would have died. I wanted to die. The pain was too much to live with. Jerry whispered,” I’m sorry. I just wanted you to have one more chance of living.” Jerry staid with me all day. That night was hard. The pain overcame me. I whinnied loudly. Jerry started to comfort me. I finally drifted off to sleep leaving behind all the pain in my neck. The next morning I whinnied painfully. Jerry said,” You aren’t going to make it….” The vet entered three hours later. I had only cried out in pain twice. My pain slowly started soothing. The vet looked at me. She said,” Should I put him down then?” Jerry looked at me. “He only neighed with pain twice this pass…..Say, three hours?” The vet said,” I’ll check up on him.” Like usual she got all the big machines out. Within an hour she exited the room to tell Jerry my results. Jerry entered and hugged me. He was crying. I wasn’t sure if he was crying because I was dieing or tears of joy. He said,” Blacky! You will live!” He berried his face in my main crying joyfully. I felt very happy for Jerry.